---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 C.F.R. § 334.2"
title: "8"
number: "334.2"
heading: "Application for naturalization."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/8/334.2"
---

# §334.2. Application for naturalization.

- (a) An applicant may file an application for naturalization with required initial evidence in accordance with the general form instructions for naturalization. The applicant must include the fee as required in [8 CFR 106.2](/cfr/8/106.2.md).
- (b) An application for naturalization may be filed up to 90 days prior to the completion of the required period of residence, which may include the three-month period of residence required to establish jurisdiction under section [316(a)](/cfr/8/316.md?p=a) or [319(a)](/cfr/8/319.md?p=a) of the Act.

## Notes

### Amendments

[56 FR 50496, Oct. 7, 1991, as amended at 59 FR 48780, Sept. 20, 1993; 66 FR 32147, June 13, 2001; 76 FR 53801, Aug. 29, 2011; 85 FR 46929, Aug. 3, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1443; 8 CFR part 2.

### Amendments

[56 FR 50496, Oct. 7, 1991, as amended at 59 FR 48780, Sept. 20, 1993; 66 FR 32147, June 13, 2001; 76 FR 53801, Aug. 29, 2011; 85 FR 46929, Aug. 3, 2020]